Rest of NSW

Demographics & education

In the 2011 Census, there were 2,512,949 people in Rest of NSW of these 49.3% were male and 50.7% were female. Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people made up 4.7% of the population.

The median age of people in Rest of NSW was 41 years. Children aged 0 - 14 years made up 19.4% of the population and people aged 65 years and over made up 18.0% of the population.

Of people in Rest of NSW aged 15 years and over, 49.0% were married and 12.8% were either divorced or separated.

The median age of married people in Rest of NSW was 54 years and the median age of people never married was 25 years.

In Rest of NSW, of people aged 15 years and over, 49.9% of people were in a registered marriage and 9.8% were in a de facto marriage.

The median age of people in a registered marriage in Rest of NSW was 53 years and the median age of people in a de facto marriage was 37 years.

In Rest of NSW 29.5% of people were attending an educational institution. Of these, 27.8% were in primary school, 22.7% in secondary school and 18.3% in a tertiary or technical institution.

Cultural & language diversity

The most common ancestries in Rest of NSW were Australian 32.6%, English 30.6%, Irish 8.9%, Scottish 7.5% and German 3.2%.

In Rest of NSW, 83.8% of people were born in Australia. The most common countries of birth were England 3.0%, New Zealand 1.1%, Scotland 0.5%, Germany 0.5% and Italy 0.4%.

In Rest of NSW, 74.9% of people had both parents born in Australia and 14.8% of people had both parents born overseas.

The most common responses for religion in Rest of NSW were Anglican 26.6%, Catholic 26.2%, No Religion 18.4%, Uniting Church 5.8% and Presbyterian and Reformed 4.2%.

In Rest of NSW 90.4% of people only spoke English at home. Other languages spoken at home included Italian 0.6%, Macedonian 0.4%, German 0.3%, Greek 0.2% and Mandarin 0.2%.

Employment

There were 1,141,254 people who reported being in the labour force in the week before Census night in Rest of NSW. Of these 56.7% were employed full time, 31.0% were employed part-time and 6.1% were unemployed.

Of employed people in Rest of NSW, 11.8% worked 1 to 15 hours, 10.0% worked 16 to 24 hours and 42.9% worked 40 hours or more.

The median age of people employed full-time in Rest of NSW was 43 years and for people who were employed part-time was 42 years.

The most common occupations in Rest of NSW included Professionals 17.4%, Technicians and Trades Workers 15.2%, Managers 13.4%, Clerical and Administrative Workers 13.0%, Labourers 11.3%, Community and Personal Service Workers 10.7%, Sales Workers 9.7% and Machinery Operators And Drivers 7.6%.

Of the employed people in Rest of NSW, the most common responses for industry of employment included School Education 5.2%, Cafes, Restaurants and Takeaway Food Services 4.2%, Sheep, Beef Cattle and Grain Farming 3.6%, Hospitals 3.3% and Supermarket and Grocery Stores 2.8%.

The median weekly personal income for people aged 15 years and over in Rest of NSW was $490.

In Rest of NSW, on the day of the Census, the most common methods of travel to work for employed people included Car, as driver 65.2%, Car, as passenger 5.9%, Walked only 4.1%, Truck 1.5% and Bus 0.8%. On the day, 1.8% of employed people used public transport (train, bus, ferry, tram/light rail) as at least one of their methods of travel to work and 71.5% used car (either as driver or as passenger).

In Rest of NSW, of people aged 15 years and over, 70.8% did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census. During the two weeks before the Census, 28.0% provided care for children and 12.5% assisted family members or others due to a disability, long term illness or problems related to old age. In the year before the Census, 20.0% of people did voluntary work through an organisation or a group.

Of people who did unpaid domestic work in the week before the Census in Rest of NSW, 25.7% worked 5 to 14 hours, 13.6% worked 15 to 29 hours and 12.0% worked 30 hours or more.

Family composition

Of the families in Rest of NSW, 39.6% were couple families with children, 41.8% were couple families without children and 17.2% were one parent families.

In Rest of NSW 18.3% of single parents were male and 81.7% were female.

Weekly incomes

In Rest of NSW, for couple families with two incomes, the median income for those with children was $2,090 and those without children was $1,788.

Employment status of couple families

In Rest of NSW, of couple families with children, 18.7% had both partners employed full-time, 3.9% had both employed part-time and 21.1% had one employed full-time and the other part-time.

Dwelling structure

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households

In Rest of NSW, 86.6% of private dwellings were occupied and 13.4% were unoccupied.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rest of NSW, 83.3% were separate houses, 7.3% were semi-detached, row or terrace houses, townhouses etc, 7.7% were flats, units or apartments and 1.5% were other dwellings.

In Rest of NSW, of occupied private dwellings 3.9% had 1 bedroom, 18.6% had 2 bedrooms and 45.0% had 3 bedrooms. The average number of bedrooms per occupied private dwelling was 3.1. The average household size was 2.4 people.

Of occupied private dwellings in Rest of NSW, 37.7% were owned outright, 31.0% were owned with a mortgage and 27.6% were rented.

Household composition

In Rest of NSW, of all households, 70.0% were family households, 26.9% were single person households and 3.1% were group households.

In Rest of NSW, 30.5% of households had a weekly household income of less than $600 and 6.8% of households had a weekly income of more than $3,000.

Mortgage & rent

Proportions are calculated using all tenure types for occupied private dwellings. This excludes visitor only and other non-classifiable households.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households whose rent payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which are not renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Proportions in this table are calculated by taking the number of households who own their dwelling, and whose mortgage payments were 30% or more of an imputed income measure and expressing this number as a proportion of the total number of households in an area, including those households which were renting their dwelling (excluding the small proportion of visitor only and other non-classifiable households). The nature of the income imputation means that the reported proportion may significantly overstate the true proportion. Further information on the method to impute income is available in the income fact sheet.

Number of motor vehicles

In Rest of NSW, 36.8% of occupied private dwellings had one registered motor vehicle garaged or parked at their address, 35.8% had two registered motor vehicles and 16.1% had three or more registered motor vehicles.

People characteristics

In Rest of NSW, there were 116,961 Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people. Of these, 57,603 (or 49.2%) were male and 59,358 (or 50.8%) were female. The median age was 20 years.

Dwelling characteristics

Dwelling tables exclude visitor only and other non-classifiable households. These tables represent occupied private dwellings where at least one Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait islander person was present.

Average number of people per bedroom includes a miscalculation. For more information see the persons per bedroom correction page.

In Rest of NSW, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the average household size was 3.1, with 1.2 persons per bedroom. The median household income was $859.

In Rest of NSW, for dwellings occupied by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander people, the median weekly rent was $180 and the median monthly mortgage repayment was $1,480.